This Asamatake was brewed in 2019 and left to sleep in the brewery until now. It is Junmai-shu specs, but considering it is a so-called aged sake, it is also a great cosy sake for just over 1,600 yen. ☺️
The body is slightly yellowish. The alcohol content of 19% makes it powerful, and the mellow, aged aroma and taste are reminiscent of brandy.
When it was fresh from the refrigerator, it had a slightly sharp taste, but it was better to drink it at room temperature to enrich the aroma and mellow it out 🍶.
The only remaining sake brewery in the castle town of Komoro.
A masterpiece by a female master brewer. ❣️
Refreshing and fruity aroma.
The body is firm and full-bodied.
We received a "Nagano no Toji Tasting Comparison of All 7 Kinds" at our favorite chuin (No.3).
This is a commemorative sake for the 100th anniversary of Shinshu's sake store, Jizakeya Miyajima.
The seven sake brands brewed by female toji in Shinshu were gathered together.
The bottle design is a unified project, with a watermark of each brewery's image, but other than that, the design is probably free.
Detailed specifications such as specific name and rice polishing ratio are unknown, but the sake rice alone varies from Miyamanishiki, Hitogokochi, and Kinmon Nishiki.
The third of these is Asamadake (Asama-dake).
This sake is brewed by Toji Hakujitsu Otsuka of the Otsuka Shuzo brewery.
After training at a sake research institute, he became the 8th generation master brewer in 2015, and aims to create "a unique sake that never goes out of style," brewed with the hard water of Asama Mountain.
The aroma is dry with a hint of gentle sweetness.
In the mouth, the smooth, watery flavor is followed by a dry taste with a hint of sweetness.
The aftertaste is gradually short.
It was a beautiful sake that cherishes the taste of water.
unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom)
Sweet, dark, and strong. Gutsy and tasty. The power to crack your head open with a hammer. It's a very strong taste. Thick. Alcohol-derived dryness. 87 points.
Sweetness: 3.2
Dryness: 3.3
Acidity: 3.2
Hinted aroma: 2.6
Rice used is Miyamanishiki
Coincidentally, two bottles in a row, the first sake from Nagano!
This one is also good. ❣️
It has a fresh mouthfeel with a solid umami spread, and finishes with a good amount of bitterness and a nice crispness.
The balance and story are excellent.
I found a brewery that I'm a little curious about: ‼️
I had this drink once before the new year.
I have not written about the impression I had of the sake, which was strong in alcohol, but not lingering, and I was able to enjoy it again today and think it was a good drink.
It is an old-fashioned sake that has evolved, not to say old-fashioned.
It has been more than 10 days since it was opened, but it is a strong sake that has not lost its strength.
I searched for the brewery without much interest, thinking that it was a rounded sake with little assertiveness, but the toji was so nice that my drunken mind thought I had no choice but to write about it.
I was so drunk that I felt I had no choice but to write about it.
The trend in sake is to somehow add variations of sweetness, but when I think about what kind of sake I really want to drink, I think this is the kind of sake I want to drink.
Anyway, it should be hard, sharp, and not smelly.
I think it is a difficult job.
I am grateful for the fact that I was able to get drunk again tonight.
I really recommend you to drink it once.
Kyobashi Tsukafukiya Report1📝.
This was my first Saturday off in a while, and I attended Rock Rock Hello hosted by Spitz at Osaka-jo Hall 🎵.
On the way home, I searched for a place to drink sake in Kyobashi and found Tsukafukiya, so I decided to try it 💡.
The restaurant mainly serves chicken dishes and there were a lot of young people there, and I got the impression that not that many people were drinking sake despite the sake promotion 👀.
The first drink was my first Nagano sake, Asamatake 🍶.
It has a refined sweetness like Wasanbon, followed by a little bit of alcohol, but it goes down smoothly and quickly.
It was a perfect aperitif with the lightness that is typical of Nagano sake ✨.
